Pitzenberg

Pitzenberg
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Vöcklabruck
License plate :	VB
Surface:	6.14 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 4 '  N , 13 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 4 '26 "  N , 13 ° 43' 36"  E
Height :	445  m above sea level A.
Residents :	546 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	89 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4690
Area code :	07673
Community code :	4 17 25
Address of the municipal administration:	Atzbacher Strasse 23 4690 Pitzenberg
Website:	www.pitzenberg.ooe.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Franz Haghofer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (13 members)	6th 4th 3 6th 4th 3  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 6 SPÖ : 4 FPÖ : 3
Location of Pitzenberg in the Vöcklabruck district
The listed parish chapel of Pitzenberg
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Pitzenberg is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Vöcklabruck district in the Hausruckviertel with 546 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Vöcklabruck .

geography

Pitzenberg is 445 m above sea level in the Hausruckviertel. The extension is 3.3 km from north to south and 3.1 km from west to east. The total area is 5.9 km². 32.2% of the area is forested, 62.7% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Aich (76)
• Hump ​​(161)
• Litzing (46)
• Pitzenberg (127)
• Pitzenbergholz (136)

history

Originally located in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place belonged to the Duchy of Austria since the 12th century. Since 1490 it has been assigned to the Principality of Austria ob der Enns .

During the Napoleonic Wars , the place was occupied several times.

Since 1918 the place belongs to the federal state of Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Gau Oberdonau . After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

The community was part of the Schwanenstadt judicial district until the end of 2004 and became part of the Vöcklabruck judicial district on January 1, 2005.

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 467 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 495 inhabitants.

coat of arms

Blazon : Between two black, fallen, and with the edges turned inwardly turned scythe irons formed flanks in gold on a green three-mountain a green conifer. The community colors are yellow-green.

The symbols in the coat of arms awarded in 1981 stand for the name (mountain), the abundance of forests (tree) and the agricultural character (scythe leaves) of the community.

politics

For cost reasons, Pitzenberg has joined forces with the neighboring communities of Pühret , Rutzenham and Oberndorf near Schwanenstadt to form an administrative community. The joint municipal office is in Oberndorf. In the course of this cooperation, a joint building yard for the four communities was also built, which is housed in Rutzenham. On the basis of an initiative review of the savings potential, the State Audit Office recommended in 2015 that the four municipalities should be merged.

With the 2015 election, the municipal council with a total of 13 members has the following distribution: 6 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 3 FPÖ.

mayor

• 1996–2010 Gustav Höchsmann (ÖVP)
• since 2011 Franz Haghofer (ÖVP)

Due to his great commitment in the construction of the new municipal office as well as in the construction of the joint building yard (free planning and construction management by the mayor) and the construction of a new multi-purpose building in Rutzenham (fire brigade, football and tennis in one building, also free planning by the mayor) The former mayor Gustav Höchsmann was awarded the Golden Merit of the Republic of Austria by decree of May 3, 2016 by the Upper Austrian governor Josef Pühringer .

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Pitzenberg

Honorary citizen of the community

• 1983: Franz Quirchmayr-Katerl , former mayor of Pitzenberg (1955–1986), member of the Upper Austrian state parliament (1961–1973), etc.
• 2016: Gustav Höchsmann, former mayor of Pitzenberg

Web links

Commons : Pitzenberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• 41725 - Pitzenberg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Further information about the municipality of Pitzenberg can be found on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Franz Quirchmayr-Katerl on e-gov.ooe.gv.at, accessed on September 18, 2019
3. ↑ Gustav Höchsmann made an honorary citizen. meinviertel.at, December 28, 2016